Trainers will break your game ....

[MJS WARLORD]

I only have about 30 hours in the game and got to a point where i could not get enough biomass so progress came to a standstill , i reluctantly looked for a trainer , i did not want to because i want this game to be a long term project.

I found a trainer that i thought would help me , as you know when you demolish an item you retrieve all the items or they are placed in chests , everytime i destroyed something my inventory would be filled with tons of stuff i probably did not need and would spend probably 4 x 10 minutes a day getting rid of stuff i did not need.

So my advice to anyone who is struggling is this ....... carry on struggling because trainers cause more problems than they fix.

[Suzaku]

This is why you use SCIM and just give yourself what you need. Quick and easy.

[Veeshan]

What is a trainer?

[umop-apisdn]

You were 30 hours in and hadn't gotten to coal yet? I can't imagine manually feeding the number of biomass burners you must have at this point... when do you find the time to build anything?

You need to prioritize better.

[MJS WARLORD]

Like i said in my post i never used this type of game before

[umop-apisdn]

I mean this as a helpful suggestion, not as any kind of antagonism:

Start a new game. Assuming you have a handle on "the basics" after 30 hours of play, you should skip the "onboarding" process to start at Tier 1 (using the checkbox when selecting which region to start in), and then build the bare minimum to get 50 Smart Plating into the Space Elevator so can get to Tier 3... and immediately go for Coal Power.

Coal Generators can (and should) be automated, where biomass is not. They also provide much more power. 2 Coal Generators provide as much power as 5 Biomass Burners... and you don't have to constantly run back and forth gathering leaves and feeding them into it by hand. A pair of Coal Generators needs to be fed 30 coal per minute, and uses 1 (75% speed) Water Extractor's worth of water.

You can feed 8 Coal Generators with 120 Coal per minute and 3 Water Extractors at 100%, but it requires some creative belting and non-obvious piping; stick with 30 coal and 1 Water Extractor at 75% speed for each 2 Coal Generators until you feel confident enough to tackle splitting multiple resources in multiple ways to build a bigger power bank.

The hassle involved with gathering/burning biomass is supposed to teach us to rely heavily on automation, so take that lesson to heart. Once power is automated, and you're not picking flowers and/or chasing blown fuses all the time, feel free to take all the time in the world to work on everything else.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Veeshan:

What is a trainer?

A third-party program that lets you modify a game. Basically, a cheating program.

[MJS WARLORD]

Hi umop-apisdn ... i dont think your comments are a put me down cos i agree with what you say , no way am i going to use a trainer to get around things i cant do , thayts just dumb and lazy . If you re-read my opening comments they cause more problems than they solve.

I am planning on re-starting the whole game again , thats what i usually do when trying some thing new , i forget now but i think i am in the area called grass fields and without realising it i am in an area that is not really any good because the only water i have found up to now is only big enough to put down 4 base blocks the water is only just big enough to go for a swim LOL .

So the first thing i will do when i restart the game is look for a decent water supply.
I have not used this type of game since the primative sim city and that was 20 years ago.

[Maehlice]

Originally posted by umop-apisdn:

You were 30 hours in and hadn't gotten to coal yet? I can't imagine manually feeding the number of biomass burners you must have at this point... when do you find the time to build anything?

You need to prioritize better.

In my first session, I probably spent about 30 hours in Biomass also. In Phase 1. Not like, I made it into Steel but stayed on Biomass. Like actual only Biomass.

I spent a LOT of time exploring, researching, experimenting, and just generally learning about the game. I wasn't at a rush for anything, and because I had prioritized research and exploration, I had alien organs and carapaces and containers full of biofuel before I knew what was going on.

I built 49 biomass burners 3m above a 7x7 platform so I could quickly/easily load them from the bottom. One pass at filling them took barely over a minute, and the energy lasted about 7 IRL hours. I felt absolutely no rush to advance to anything.

My point: we all play differently. As a form of entertainment, we "need" only do what makes it enjoyable for ourselves. That is the only priority. ;)

[NashEquil]

Originally posted by Maehlice:

Originally posted by umop-apisdn:

You were 30 hours in and hadn't gotten to coal yet? I can't imagine manually feeding the number of biomass burners you must have at this point... when do you find the time to build anything?

You need to prioritize better.

In my first session, I probably spent about 30 hours in Biomass also. In Phase 1. Not like, I made it into Steel but stayed on Biomass. Like actual only Biomass.

I spent a LOT of time exploring, researching, experimenting, and just generally learning about the game. I wasn't at a rush for anything, and because I had prioritized research and exploration, I had alien organs and carapaces and containers full of biofuel before I knew what was going on.

I built 49 biomass burners 3m above a 7x7 platform so I could quickly/easily load them from the bottom. One pass at filling them took barely over a minute, and the energy lasted about 7 IRL hours. I felt absolutely no rush to advance to anything.

My point: we all play differently. As a form of entertainment, we "need" only do what makes it enjoyable for ourselves. That is the only priority. ;)

I love replies like this. We all find different enjoyment in games. Use mods, don't use mods, play fast, play slow.
Me I personally have not reached a final tier on any save in the game yet. But I have 220 hours into the game. But I love the game.

I have started using a few mods for building, and a mod that insta-kills wildlife when I get close. The "SATISFACTORY MOD MANAGER" is great for keeping mods up to date. And some are really high quality, and have a lot of thought put into them.

[sergetechone]

When I did start to play Satisfactory, Using Biomass burners was just a temporary measure. So I setup a biofuel manufacturing from woods and leafs and convert to solid biofuels , and place them into the boiburners so it slower. The petals is use for generating coupon points. So during it burn, I setup the factory at a minimum just to get the necessary parts and steel production. The limited coal is use for steel. If a better location that have lots of coal mines, than I setup a coal power plant setup.

[Dragonmaster]

I can't say if i wanna be impressed or cry that by 30 hours you didn't make it to coal gens AND have wiped the ENTIRE map out of biomass. Even with a large factory going before Tier 3, you shouldn't be eating up THAT much biomass. And biomass burners self regulate on power so what DID all those materials you mine up to go as if they got stuffed, they would of stopped and basically stop requiring power.

I'm calling shannigans' that you used up every single bit of biomass in 30hrs, its not possible by a new player.

[Mojo]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

This is why you use SCIM and just give yourself what you need. Quick and easy.

Seen you suggest SCIM many times, you should also post a link to it when you suggest it. If someone is new they have no clue what SCIM is.
Which if anyone new is reading my reply it is Satisfactory Calculator Interactive Map and is found here:
https://satisfactory-calculator.com/

[Twelvefield]

Super cool! I never heard of it before. Now my life has a new layer of complexity.

[Wasur]

I have been on steam for 16 years and have never mentioned that I use trainers, I am 62 years old and disabled so I have a lot of time to play games and my reflexes are not what they used to be. I have been using trainers for about 10 years now another reason I only play single player games.
OP my advice to you is all trainers are not created equal I suggest you check out cheathappens.com I have been a lifetime member there foe 10 years. I have played this game foe over a thousand hours since it is a Early Access game I knew they wouldn't have a trainer for it. But after about 600 hours my builds have gotten so complex I grow tired of fetching stuff back and forth for supplies, so just for giggles I looked and low and behold they had one. I said all that to say this it has never harmed my game I only use the Unlimited Health, Jet-pack fuel, and easy craft cheats but have never had an issue of it hurting the game or my saves. I don't use mod.s and only use the Map on SCIM. Cheers have fun and I would suggest not using it till after completing all the HUD requirements at least that is what I did, it made the game more challenging and funner IMO. Have fun and enjoy!

[Exile «Foxy» (Ryder17z)]

Originally posted by umop-apisdn:

You can feed 8 Coal Generators with 120 Coal per minute and 3 Water Extractors at 100%, but it requires some creative belting and non-obvious piping; stick with 30 coal and 1 Water Extractor at 75% speed for each 2 Coal Generators until you feel confident enough to tackle splitting multiple resources in multiple ways to build a bigger power bank.

yes. except you forgot to mention that underclocking as well as overclocking is hidden behind some research. Not that it's hard, but it's worth mentioning.